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Network protests relisting plan
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/05/2024
» The Cannabis Future Network completely disagrees with the Public Health Ministry’s efforts to put cannabis buds back on the narcotics list, and it will protest at Government House next Tuesday, Prasitchai Nunual, secretary-general of the group, said.
PM's drug reforms echo past errors
Oped, Published on 24/05/2024
» When Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin announced plans to reschedule cannabis as a narcotic and reduce the threshold for possession of methamphetamine for personal use (not for supply to others) from five pills to one, he signalled a return to drug policies championed over two decades ago. He called for crackdowns on people in the drug trade, for people who use drugs to be placed into rehabilitation facilities and demanded results in 90 days.
Couriers pose as food delivery riders
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/05/2024
» Six drug couriers who posed as delivery service riders were arrested in Khlong San district yesterday.
Narcotic-level penalties await for vaping in schools
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/05/2024
» The Education Ministry will amend its regulation to list e-cigarettes in the prohibited category of narcotics, Suthep Kaengsanthia, permanent secretary, said on Wednesday.
New releases for your streaming pleasure: May 22-28
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 22/05/2024
» Looking for a title to binge-watch this weekend? Here's our pick!
Courier arrested, meth seized after car chase
Published on 22/05/2024
» CHIANG MAI - A fleeing drug courier was arrested and about 4 million methamphetamine pills seized following a car chase in Mae Ai district on Tuesday night.
Taskforce seizes 130 million meth pills in 6 months
News, Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 22/05/2024
» CHIANG MAI: The Narcotic Drug and Chemical Substance Control Command Unit of the Northern Border (Taskforce 35) gave an update on Tuesday on the progress made over the past six months in suppressing narcotics along Thailand's borders, revealing that almost 130 million illegal pills have been seized.
Old rice ‘to be auctioned next month’
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 21/05/2024
» The government will auction off 10-year-old rice left over from the Yingluck Shinawatra administration’s rice-pledging scheme next month, Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said on Tuesday.
Senate race heats up as interest runs high
News, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 20/05/2024
» More than 31,000 people have asked for applications to apply for senators after the five-year term of 250 senators installed by the now-defunct National Council for Peace and Order ended on May 10.
Businesses up in smoke
Business, Published on 20/05/2024
» A deadline set by cannabis advocacy groups is rapidly approaching for the government to justify its plan to reclassify cannabis as a narcotic.